New 35 Gallon Freshwater Tank Journal

[candi]

Thought I'd start a photo journal so you guys can see how my new 35 Gallon tank progresses. I bought the tank second hand off eBay for £50 ($100), it's 3ft in length. I plan to put 2 Angelfish in there, haven't decided on what else yet! I'm currently waiting for filter, lighting, heater and a few other bits to arrive, those should be delivered tomorrow. So far I've just added the sand and put water in.

Bog wood and rocks that will be going in the tank.

More pictures will be added as I add to the tank.

 

[destined_love7]

Where did you get that bog wood? I would love to have some but I've never seen any around here.

 

[Que]

I need some bits too.

Nice looking tank. You're off to a good start.

Q

 

[candi]

Where did you get that bog wood? I would love to have some but I've never seen any around here.

I got it from a shop called The Range, only £2 each!



Thanks Que!

 

[candi]

Spent this afternoon putting in the lights, filter, background and heater. The lights were a pain! The end wouldn't stay on the tubes properly at first. Going out to get plants tomorrow. Here's how it currently looks...

 

[candi]

Bog wood and rocks are now in.

 

[tarheels910]

Looks really nice.

 

[irishspy]

What kind of sand did you use? Play or filter sand? Or something fancier?

 

[candi]

What kind of sand did you use? Play or filter sand? Or something fancier?

It's aquarium sand by Pettex, I did use play sand at first but it made the water horrible and I hated the look of it.

 

[candi]

Put some used filter media from my other tank into my new tank this morning, went out planning to get some large tetra's but I ended up coming back with two German Rams as I've never seen them in the LFS before. Also got a few plants, they didn't have many left so I just got a few that I liked, getting some more next week.